Shmuel Shottan Board’s Director, Overland

Overland Storage, Inc. announced the appointment of Shmuel Shottan to its Board of Directors.

 Mr. Shottan is the CTO of BlueArc Corporation where he has served in such capacity since September 2001. In this role, he redefined the product roadmap, led strategic elements of the Hitachi Data Systems OEM deal and led the engineering organization. Prior to this he was a General Partner at Quantum Technology Ventures where he made multiple high visibility storage and networking investments. Mr. Shottan has served as the chief strategy officer for Quantum Corporation‘s Snap Appliance division and as the CTO at Snap Appliance prior to its acquisition by Quantum. His previous experiences include technical and strategic roles at Parallan Computer, AST Research, Computer Consoles and TML. He is a graduate of Technion Institute of Technology.

Eric Kelly, president and Chief Executive Officer of Overland Storage, stated: "The Board and I are pleased to welcome Shmuel Shottan to our Board of Directors. With over 25 years of experience in developing innovative products, leading global engineering teams and managing growing technology companies, Shmuel is widely recognized as a technology leader in the storage industry." Kelly added, "We have no doubt that his insight will benefit Overland Storage as we continue to focus on our strategic priorities in driving innovation and expanding our addressable markets."